The Key
Nahid Hagigat’s prints give insight into the conditions of women in Iran during the years leading up to the Revolution. This photo-etching incorporates elements that evoke the climate of repression and suspicion that permeated society in the mid-1970s: a rope, a key, and a woman set against a dark background. In the late 1960s, Hagigat had studied printmaking in New York, and continued using it upon her return to Iran in the early 1970s. A relatively unknown medium in Iran, printmaking became the ideal mode for Hagigat to express her politically charged messages.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Key
- Artist: Nahid Hagigat (Iranian-American, born 1943)
- Date: 1973
- Geography: Made in USA, New York
- Medium: Photo etching
- Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
W. 15 in. (38.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, 2012 NoRuz at The Met Benefit, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.690
- Rights and Reproduction: © Nahid Hagigat
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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